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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

ADS01 - Lighthouse Bay

22 April, 2016

Team Leader
Natalie Hunt
Number of Participants
54
Total Debris Collected
70 kgs (estimated)

10.120406, 99.844178

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS01 - Lighthouse Bay
Organization/Dive Centre
Sunshine Divers Koh Tao Thailand
City
Koh Tao
Country
Thailand
Date
22 April, 2016
Survey Duration
45 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 10.120406
Longitude: 99.844178
Weather Conditions
Sunny
Survey Depth Range
6–19 meters
Area Surveyed
200 m2
Dominant Substrate
coral
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags: Trash (plastic) 2
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 295
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 95
Fishing: Line 15
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Food Wrappers (plastic) 6
Mesh Bags: Fruit/vegetable/shellfish 6
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 2
Beverage Bottles (glass) 11
metal materials collected
Aerosol/spray Cans 1
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 2
Cars & Car Parts 1
Pipes & Rebar 1
Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 2
Metal Fragments 1
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 12
cloth materials collected
Cloth Fragments 1
other materials collected
mask & snorkel 1
pair of shorts 1
dive flag 1
animal bone unidentified 1

unidentified animal bone

plastic bottles


There were so many plastic bottles that we are now curious as to how they are being placed at Lighthouse. Through Fishing boats however it may be possibly also people dumping rubbish. Only time will tell.

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